Photoassist was created by London photographer Duncan Soar in 2000 to help those looking to become professional photographers get started, both in terms of finding work and offering advice about photography as a career. Photoassist
continues to grow as the most popular community for assistants in the
UK, if not the world, and has seen a number of its members progress to
become successful photographers - in fact, we're proud that ex-members
are using the site to find their own assistants. The site relaunched in
August 2007 to include a more detailed search facility and to allow
assistants to create a far more in-depth profile, particularly to take
into account the increased need of photographers for digital assistance.

Assistants database

The
site is based around a database of photo assistants that's free to join
and and free to search. Whether you're an experienced career assistant, a
photography graduate, or just someone hoping to get a foot in the door
of the photography industry, feel free to register your details with us.

Jobs pages

We also have a jobs page where photographers can advertise for
assistants and anyone else can advertise for photographers.

Courses

We occasionally run one-day introduction to assisting courses, and hope to expand our teaching to include education in further areas of professional photography.